| Subject: Vista Firewall or Free Zone Alarm? |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 7/11/2008 7:23:58 AM |
| From: Doc [Email Address Protection] |
Just starting a thread on people's opinions on which firewall they are using with Vista. I using Vista's firewall, with "Vista Firewall Control". Any other comments or suggestions on a third party firewall or control, for Vista? TIA for your time. |
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| Subject: Re: Vista Firewall or Free Zone Alarm? |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 7/11/2008 8:36:36 AM |
| From: Malke [Email Address Protection] |
Doc wrote: > Just starting a thread on people's opinions on which firewall they are > using with Vista. I using Vista's firewall, with "Vista Firewall Control". > Any other comments or suggestions on a third party firewall or control, > for Vista? > TIA for your time. The built-in firewall that comes with Vista is adequate for most people. I don't recommend ZoneAlarm in any case. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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| Subject: Re: Vista Firewall or Free Zone Alarm? |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 7/11/2008 9:43:57 AM |
| From: "John Barnett MVP" [Email Address Protection] |
Vista's own firewall works fine for me. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "Doc" <darrell_s_kelly@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:e3KLDH24IHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Just starting a thread on people's opinions on which firewall they are > using with Vista. I using Vista's firewall, with "Vista Firewall Control". > Any other comments or suggestions on a third party firewall or control, > for Vista? > TIA for your time. |
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| Subject: Re: Vista Firewall or Free Zone Alarm? |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 7/11/2008 10:31:25 AM |
| From: Ian Samson [Email Address Protection] |
John Barnett MVP wrote: > Vista's own firewall works fine for me. > And just to get a spoke in the wheel, I switched off Windows Firewall in preference for ZoneAlarm. Why? I don't trust it. ZoneAlarm works fine on my Windows 2000 Pro machine as well as on my XP Home machine, so why should it not work fine on my two Vista laptops too? I am also a tad suspicious of the Windows Firewall for very personal reasons. |
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| Subject: Re: Vista Firewall or Free Zone Alarm? |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 7/11/2008 11:38:56 AM |
| From: Doc [Email Address Protection] |
Ian Samson wrote: > John Barnett MVP wrote: >> Vista's own firewall works fine for me. >> > And just to get a spoke in the wheel, I switched off Windows Firewall in > preference for ZoneAlarm. Why? I don't trust it. ZoneAlarm works fine on > my Windows 2000 Pro machine as well as on my XP Home machine, so why > should it not work fine on my two Vista laptops too? I am also a tad > suspicious of the Windows Firewall for very personal reasons. Thanks to all for your timely response. Any more comments from others?? |
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| Subject: Re: Vista Firewall or Free Zone Alarm? |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 7/11/2008 11:39:10 AM |
| From: John Amendall [Email Address Protection] |
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:31:25 +0200, Ian Samson <iansamson3@gmail.com> wrote: >John Barnett MVP wrote: >> Vista's own firewall works fine for me. >> >And just to get a spoke in the wheel, I switched off Windows Firewall in >preference for ZoneAlarm. Why? I don't trust it. ZoneAlarm works fine on >my Windows 2000 Pro machine as well as on my XP Home machine, so why >should it not work fine on my two Vista laptops too? I am also a tad >suspicious of the Windows Firewall for very personal reasons. Get a router and you won't even need a firewall. |
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| Subject: Re: Vista Firewall or Free Zone Alarm? |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 7/11/2008 11:41:01 AM |
| From: "John Barnett MVP" [Email Address Protection] |
I have nothing against Zone Alarm, in fact it is installed on my laptop running Windows XP. Initially, during the early beta tests, like so many other things, Zone Alarm wouldn't even look at Vista; in that respect I always had problems. Because of the problems with third party firewalls during the beta stages, I used the windows firewall and have never bothered to install any other firewall onto my machine. Obviously the internet connection goes through my router firewall and then through the windows firewall and, 'touch wood' I haven't had any problems so far. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "Ian Samson" <iansamson3@gmail.com> wrote in message news:uPY56v34IHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > John Barnett MVP wrote: >> Vista's own firewall works fine for me. >> > And just to get a spoke in the wheel, I switched off Windows Firewall in > preference for ZoneAlarm. Why? I don't trust it. ZoneAlarm works fine on > my Windows 2000 Pro machine as well as on my XP Home machine, so why > should it not work fine on my two Vista laptops too? I am also a tad > suspicious of the Windows Firewall for very personal reasons. |
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| Subject: Re: Vista Firewall or Free Zone Alarm? |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 7/11/2008 11:48:22 AM |
| From: John Amendall [Email Address Protection] |
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:41:01 +0100, "John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote: > Obviously the internet >connection goes through my router firewall and then through the windows >firewall and, 'touch wood' I haven't had any problems so far. Why do you even use the Windows firewall when you have the router firewall between the Internet and your machine? |
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| Subject: Re: Vista Firewall or Free Zone Alarm? |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 7/11/2008 2:00:05 PM |
| From: Andrew Rossmann [Email Address Protection] |
In article <uPY56v34IHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, iansamson3@gmail.com says... > John Barnett MVP wrote: > > Vista's own firewall works fine for me. > > > And just to get a spoke in the wheel, I switched off Windows Firewall in > preference for ZoneAlarm. Why? I don't trust it. ZoneAlarm works fine on > my Windows 2000 Pro machine as well as on my XP Home machine, so why > should it not work fine on my two Vista laptops too? I am also a tad > suspicious of the Windows Firewall for very personal reasons. Just ask those whose Internet got blocked because ZA didn't like a new file updated by Microsoft. -- If there is a no_junk in my address, please REMOVE it before replying! All junk mail senders will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!! http://home.att.net/~andyross |
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| Subject: Re: Vista Firewall or Free Zone Alarm? |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 7/11/2008 2:00:45 PM |
| From: Andrew Rossmann [Email Address Protection] |
In article <q5af74h84v1pmn6v45dn0mjpmogd40ipd5@4ax.com>, jamend@spaceout.com says... > On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:31:25 +0200, Ian Samson <iansamson3@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >John Barnett MVP wrote: > >> Vista's own firewall works fine for me. > >> > >And just to get a spoke in the wheel, I switched off Windows Firewall in > >preference for ZoneAlarm. Why? I don't trust it. ZoneAlarm works fine on > >my Windows 2000 Pro machine as well as on my XP Home machine, so why > >should it not work fine on my two Vista laptops too? I am also a tad > >suspicious of the Windows Firewall for very personal reasons. > > Get a router and you won't even need a firewall. But do routers firewall between computers, or only between the WAN and LAN? -- If there is a no_junk in my address, please REMOVE it before replying! All junk mail senders will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!! http://home.att.net/~andyross |
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| Subject: Re: Vista Firewall or Free Zone Alarm? |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing |
| Date: 7/13/2008 4:57:01 PM |
| From: Doc [Email Address Protection] |
Jack (MVP-Networking). wrote: > Hi > As Malke posted above Vista native firewall is a very good one > especially if you learn how to configure the advanced aspects. > http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?FamilyID=df192e1b-a92a-4075-9f69-c12b7c54b52b&displaylang=en > > Otherwise if you need a 3rd party firewall, this one is free, and works > better than most others. > http://www.pctools.com/firewall > Jack (MVP-Networking). > > "Doc" <darrell_s_kelly@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:e3KLDH24IHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Just starting a thread on people's opinions on which firewall they are >> using with Vista. I using Vista's firewall, with "Vista Firewall >> Control". >> Any other comments or suggestions on a third party firewall or >> control, for Vista? >> TIA for your time. > Again, thanks to all that responded. Will read the .doc file from the above link, then decide if I will use the above 3rd party firewall. Good luck to all of you!! |
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